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The art of the doodle

I think this is something that has caught the eye for a long time now, but increasingly in recent years. I have been experimenting with doing a doodle type style for a poster, and although it is not yet decided if it will go ahead yet, I still think its an awesome effect. Attached to this post are a number of examples I found on places like flickr and google and one great advert as well. When experimenting, I found they key is to be patient and have a little faith. It takes a while to take shape.

This was my effort, as you can probably tell its not finished yet, but I actually thought this was probably the best time to show it. When I started, and still on the right hand side,  itdoesnt look grea, but stick with it and it starts to look ok. I think the great thing about this is that to an extent anyone can do this. All it takes is basic shapes and overworking the page with lots and lots of pen ink. I sketched it out with a pencil frst and then proceeded to colour.

Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts.

Below are some other really cool examples I found.

Hope you enjoyed the post.